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Why Cultural Critics of Color Matter
The Black Panther dialectic, the MTV News experiment, Vibe, and The Source in their prime: these conversations and platforms show what’s possible when critics of color define the terms of the debate.
Elizabeth Méndez Berry is the Director of Voice, Creativity, and Culture at the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Before working in philanthropy, she was an editor for Vibe Magazine and a professor of music criticism at NYU.